Our search for exoplanets is focused on Milky Way stars. It's been successful, with more than 6,000 detected so far.

Scientists have uncovered the earliest chemical evidence of life on Earth in a discovery that could revolutionise our ...

Jupiter’s early growth carved rings in the solar system, delayed meteorite formation, and kept planets like Earth in stable ...

Researchers at KRISS observed water’s rapid freeze–melt cycles under ultrahigh pressure and discovered Ice XXI, the first new ...

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid early growth disrupted the young solar system, creating rings that delayed ...

Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals ...

This global view of Jupiter's moon, Io, was obtained during the tenth orbit of Jupiter by NASA's Galileo spacecraft. Io, ...

If you've ever wondered why we are here, then you can thank Jupiter for part of the answer. A new study from Rice University ...

The rings of Saturn are among the wonders of our solar system, with a diameter of roughly 280,000 kilometers as they encircle ...

What's the best way to reveal what an exoplanet is made of? Wait for it to get gravitationally shredded and engulfed by its ...

Something incredibly strange is unfolding in our cosmic neighborhood, a powerful and unexplained gravitational force is ...

Jupiter’s volcanic moon has always felt like a place that tests your sense of what a world can be. Its surface glows with ...